Around 200 000 Canadians are homeless each year – for a variety of reasons like losing their house during a fire or flood, losing their jobs, addictions, being kicked out (teenagers), or domestic violence. The stigma that people who are homeless should just get a job and are just lazy needs to end. The organization […]

Barrhead Elementary School’s fee schedule for 2019-2020 remains relatively the same for most grades as last year. The exception of adjustments to Soccer, Basketball teams are to BES joining district sports leagues and Grades 1,2,3 and 4 changing fieldtrip destination events. Remember that fee schedule amounts are the maximum the school would assign for each […]

BES will be participating in the Annual Terry Fox Walk on Friday, Sept. 13 in the afternoon. BES has set a goal to raise $1500.00 for the Terry Fox Foundation. As in previous years, we are promoting to bring a toonie for the walk. A donation of $15.00 or more will receive a receipt for […]

Welcome back to BES for the 2019-2020 School year! Grades 1-6 will start their full day of classes on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Kindergarten will be having 1/2 day sessions. Letters were sent out to families late last week. Please check your mail for this letter. Please call the school should you have any questions. We […]

The grade 7 parent and student orientation will be held on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm in the BCHS auditorium.  Find out about what happens in junior high and how BCHS school is organized.

Congratulations to one of our own staff members, Susan Gordon, for being recognized for all her years of dedication, skill, compassion, and educational assistance for children with Autism. She was awarded last week by Autism Edmonton and Dave and Shirley Williams.

Paper Tigers explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) and toxic stress on struggling teens. The film follows a year in the life of Lincoln High Alternative School in Walla Walla, Washington. After radically changing its approach to disciplining students, Lincoln High School saw a dramatic turnaround in everything from the number of fights to […]

Today we are distributing an open letter from Superintendent David Garbutt to our parents and students. You can read his letter here or in the attached PDF. November 6, 2018 Open Letter to Parents and Students of Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) and Barrhead Elementary School (BES) This is a follow up to the letter […]

At the end of the day today, all Barrhead Composite High School and Barrhead Elementary School students received a letter to parents from Superintendent David Garbutt. If you did not receive the letter, you can view it below or in the attached PDF. November 2, 2018 Open Letter to Parents and Students of Barrhead Composite […]